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In this post, we show you how to use Model Distillation, a model customization technique on Amazon Bedrock, to transfer routing intelligence from a large teacher model (Amazon Nova Premier) into a much smaller student model (Amazon Nova Micro). This approach cuts inference cost by over 95% and reduces latency by 50% …
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In this post, we show you how to build a video semantic search solution on Amazon Bedrock using Nova Multimodal Embeddings that intelligently understands user intent and retrieves accurate video results across all signal types simultaneously. We also share a reference implementation you can deploy and explore with your …
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This hands-on guide walks through every step of fine-tuning an Amazon Nova model with the Amazon Nova Forge SDK, from data preparation to training with data mixing to evaluation, giving you a repeatable playbook you can adapt to your own use case. This is the second part in our Nova Forge SDK series, building on the …
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In this post, we share how AWS Marketing’s Technology, AI, and Analytics (TAA) team worked with Gradial to build an agentic AI solution on Amazon Bedrock for accelerating content publishing workflows. Link to article: …
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Build a complete adapter pattern real-world example in C# with a payment processing system featuring multiple provider adapters and unified interfaces. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/04/17/adapter-pattern-realworld-example-in-c-complete-implementation
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A security vulnerability in YouTrack came to light in March 2026, and we fixed it immediately. Most of you don’t need to do anything, but we want to keep you informed. For most YouTrack administrators, this is purely an informational post. Action required from YouTrack Server administrators If you are running YouTrack …
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TL;DR: This is a technical blog post about our work to improve UI responsiveness in IntelliJ-based IDEs. It’s a multi-year effort to fix several architectural constraints. The project is still ongoing, and so far we’ve built new tools and APIs that help move performance-sensitive work away from the UI thread. This …
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AI coding agents are only as good as the information you put in front of them. Every byte of context you load into an agent’s context window is space that could have been used for the code, conversation, or task at hand. Getting this balance right requires the same design instinct that makes good UIs, great games, and …
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Legacy codebases frequently contain hardcoded logic and complex build scripts that depend on specific filesystem structures, making them notoriously difficult to modernize in isolated environments. Docker Sandbox addresses this challenge through a bidirectional workspace Link to article: …
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Learn C# string searching with Contains, IndexOf, Split, Replace, and .NET 8 SearchValues for SIMD-accelerated multi-character searching with code examples. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/04/16/c-string-searching-contains-indexof-split-replace-and-searchvalues
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This month we're shipping three updates that make Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT) more accessible, more powerful, and easier to get right: Global Training for o4-mini — train from 13+ Azure regions at lower per-token rates. New model graders — GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1-mini, and GPT-4.1-nan Link to article: …
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In this post, we demonstrate two approaches to fine-tune Amazon Nova Micro for custom SQL dialect generation to deliver both cost efficiency and production ready performance. Link to article: …
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Online retailers face a persistent challenge: shoppers struggle to determine the fit and look when ordering online, leading to increased returns and decreased purchase confidence. The cost? Lost revenue, operational overhead, and customer frustration. Meanwhile, consumers increasingly expect immersive, interactive …
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In this post, you'll learn why probabilistic AI validation falls short in regulated industries and how Automated Reasoning checks use formal verification to deliver mathematically proven results. You'll also see how customers across six industries use this technology to produce formally verified, auditable AI outputs, …
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Last week, we launched Docker Sandboxes with a bold goal: to deliver the strongest agent isolation in the market. This post unpacks that claim, how microVMs enable it, and some of the architectural choices we made in this approach. The Problem With Every Other Approach Every sandboxing model asks you to give something …
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Running Aspire apps from the CLI has a friction point: your terminal is locked to the AppHost process. While the app is running, you can't use the terminal to check logs or telemetry. You must open a new terminal window. Worse, if an agent has started your Aspire app to test a feature, the agent may decide to kill the …
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In March 2026, developers came together at VS Live! Las Vegas for a full week of technical learning, hands-on exploration, and a lot of great conversations about where software development is headed next. From AI-assisted development to modern .NET, cloud-native apps, and developer productivity, one thing was Link to …
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Spring AI is the application-facing integration layer you may already use. Koog is the next layer up when you need agent orchestration. Spring AI already covers the chat model API, chat memory, and vector storage for RAG, and it provides Spring Boot starters with auto-configuration. Koog’s role is not to erase that, …
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A customer, via their customer liaison, reported quite some time ago that their program stopped working on Windows XP. (I told you it was quite some time ago.) The customer's investigations revealed that the problem occurred because their window was receiving message 0x0091, and the parameters are wrong. Who is sending …
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Learn how to implement command pattern in C# with a step-by-step guide covering command interfaces, concrete commands, invokers, and undo/redo support. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/04/16/how-to-implement-command-pattern-in-c-stepbystep-guide
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